Not sure if the body can physically acclimate to heat at this level however working accordingly makes a big difference. I work in a large R.R. yard, all the concrete & steel make the heat level even worse than ambient.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:04 amI think much of it has to do with simply being acclimated to it. Working in the HVAC business most of my life has me somewhat acclimated to these temperatures. When we get to a customers home, it is never nice and cool...LOL. People rarely pay for us to come to a home that has great cooling. We usually work in attics here in our area. We are picking up temps as high as 140 degrees in many of these attics. My age is catching up to me. I can tell that my body wants to give up much faster than when I was a young man. We have had guys go down with heat stroke over the years and it is almost always related to not drinking enough water. Over the years I can almost always count on a fellow who has gone down with heat stroke once to have the issue easier with each episode. I have always been the type to sweat like a horse. Enough that guys have made comments about it over the years. As long as I drink lots of water, I think it has always helped me avoid heat stroke.carlson1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:02 am I have only been to the indoor range a few times. Because of my health I cannot tolerate the heat nor do I really care to. A few weeks back I suffered heat exhaustion and was in Baylor overnight. That was just from going and visiting shut ins on a Saturday. I can’t imagine being out in this heat for hours on end.
I had an electrician at my house on Saturday for work that needed done in our electrical panel. If I would have not been standing there I would not have believed this. He had his tools in a bag strapped to kind of a small dolly. He reached down to pull out a pair of pliers that had rubber handles and they literally melted off into his hand. The rubber stuck to his hand and burned him pretty bad.
I don’t remember the heat much as a child, but I am well aware if it now. I am sure like many of you we didn’t know what A/C was.
I was just wondering how many of you were shooting outdoors? Do you find oil or grease works better in this kind of heat?
We measured the ground temp at 145 degrees, car temps are over 150.
You can actually feel the difference in the ambient temp as you get closer to the yard, a good mile from the yard the air temp starts going up.
Proper hydration is critical as well as pacing yourself and watching for symptoms of heat stress.
I remember 2011 but I don't recall it being temps this high, I had 109-110 on the thermometer on the front porch more than a few days these past weeks while weather reports said 104 or so, thermometer on the porch is in the shade and has 1" stand off from the wall so it doesn't pick up heat from the wall. Makes me wonder which is correct.
I remember 2011 was 100+ but I don't recall it being this far above the century mark, 101-102 seems like what I recall, not pushing 110.
Went outside yesterday and same thing, 108-109 on the thermometer and it felt like it. Heat was simply brutal till the storms came through and brought a bit of relief.
Going to do firewood starting next week, have to be genuinely careful in this heat.
